Chute



June 16, 1931'. wo sT 1,810,512

CHUTE Filed Nov. 26, 1929 WITNESS: v INVEN TOR E e ursfie IJM/urst 7 35 Figure dis a Patented June 16, 1931 j same s r-arise GEORGE J. WORST, or rnrtnnatrrirn, rnnnssrfrvnnrn Application filed November 26,1929. Serial No.-409,7 35.

and disconnected to the vehicle outlet vport and which can be conveniently directed toward the required point of deposit.

According to the invention the chute is adapted to have one part of the same connected with the outlet port of the vehicle and 1 this part is pivotally connected to the main chute, the main chute having outwardly extending vertical extensions for resilient connection with the upright walls of the connecting part.

The drawings illustrate an embodiment of V the invention and the views therein are as follows: I Figure 1 is a front elevational' view showing the back of a wagon withthe chute connected therewith and in position for angular unloading of the contents from the wagon, Figure 2 is a top plan view of one end of the'chute,

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view showing the manner in which the parts of the chute are connected, 7 I

fragmentary top plan view showing the parts of thechute in angular relation, and I i Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view on the line 7 55 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

As illustrated in the drawings, 6 repre sents the building into which the material a from the wagon 7 is to be delivered, 8 repre sents the sidewalk and 9 the curb across which the material must be passed, while 11 repre sents the street or driveway for vehicles.

It may possibly be that there are street car tracks tothe right ofthe vehicle shown, or

the street or roadway 11 may be very narrow,

the curb being immediately beyond the wheel tothe making thereforeimpossibl'e 'for'the vehicleto back in against the curb 9.

In conditions of this kind it becomes quite a problem as to how to unload by chute and usually it is foundfnecessary-to usewheelbarrows or carry the coal from the outlet port 12 to the coal hole in the building 6.

M improved chute is so constructed that under these difficult conditions the contents of thewagon maybe directed from the outlet port 12into the coal hole.

The chute comprises a part1? and a part e la b ng P ide W t me ns, such as screws or the like,'l6 forfastening the outer end of it .in proper'position beneath Q the outletport 12. v This: part has upstanding edgesor sidewalls l7 reinforced as at18.

V T e idew l are'b un ov r he r sel e a how at 19,1 0 as to pr vld a .sli deway 1 0 receivi g h r s lient exten- 7, .si'ons 22 W hQXl'B Cl out from the sidewalls 2. Of the part 13;. 1

Theseextensions are of alsi ze sufficiently high to provide sidewalls between the parts 5 13 andl l, as shownin Figure The resilient extensions 22 may be constructed integral with the sidewalls 23 of c the part 13 but since considerable strain may be placed upon the same they may be formed of heavy resilient steel and fastened to the '8 inside of the sidewalls 23 by brazing or by other convenient fastening means; Y In order to insure the proper connection for shooting the material from the wagon 7',

the part 18 is provided with a Y-shaped slot 5 i 24 and the part 14 is provided with a hole through which abo'ltQG is passed and which is provided beneath the part 13 with a wing nut 27 for vsecuring the bolt firmly in either the leg or either of the branches of the Y- shaped s lot.- i t i It will, of course, be understood that the extensions 22 are of such length that regardless of the location of the screw 26 the outer ends thereof will remain in the slots 21 not-[ withstanding the pressure [of 3 the material from the wagon against the same;

This invention will be found to fill'a long felt want amongdrivers of vehicles required to deliver granular and lumpy material at restricted points and on account of the facile manner in which the same may be adapted V to almost any condition will prove of great benefit and the saving of labor and time.

1 Of course, the chute illustrated may be modified and changed without departing from the invention herein set forth and hereafter claimed. Y

The invention is hereby claimed as follows 1. A chute comprising two sections one of which has divergent slots, pivotal connection for the sections employing said slot as a guide, rigid sidewalls on said sections, the sidewalls of one section being overlapped to form U- shaped slots, and resilient sidewalls extending out from the ends of the sidewalls of the other-section and adapted to extend into the U-shapedslots of the first section.

2. A chute comprising two sections, means 2 on one section for connecting the same to r the discharge port of the vehicle one of said sections being provided with a guide arranged angularly relative to the longitudinal axis of the section, pivotal means coacting with said guide for angularly adjusting the 7 sections, sidewalls on each of said sections, and resilient sidewalls extending between the sidewalls of the sections and adapted to conform to the angularity between said sections.

3. A chute comprising two sections, a Y- shaped slot in one section and screw means in the other section adapted to be adjusted in said slot to provide for angular adjustment of the sections, rigid sidewalls on said sections falling short of the pivotal connection between the same, and resilient sidewalls connecting said rigid sidewalls to provide continuity of said chute when the sections are angularlyarranged. Y

In testimonyswhereof'l have signed my name to this specification.

enonon J. WORST. 

